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HistData (version 0.8-2)

Data Sets from the History of Statistics and Data Visualization

Description

The 'HistData' package provides a collection of small data sets that are interesting and important in the history of statistics and data visualization. The goal of the package is to make these available, both for instructional use and for historical research. Some of these present interesting challenges for graphics or analysis in R.

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install.packages('HistData')

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Version

0.8-2

License

GPL

Maintainer

Michael Friendly

Last Published

August 16th, 2017

Functions in HistData (0.8-2)

Bowley

Bowley's data on values of British and Irish trade, 1855-1899
Cavendish

Cavendish's Determinations of the Density of the Earth
Arbuthnot

Arbuthnot's data on male and female birth ratios in London from 1629-1710.
Armada

La Felicisima Armada
CushnyPeebles

Cushny-Peebles Data: Soporific Effects of Scopolamine Derivatives
Dactyl

Edgeworth's counts of dactyls in Virgil's Aeneid
ChestSizes

Chest measurements of 5738 Scottish Militiamen
Cholera

William Farr's Data on Cholera in London, 1849
DrinksWages

Elderton and Pearson's (1910) data on drinking and wages
Fingerprints

Waite's data on Patterns in Fingerprints
Michelson

Michelson's Determinations of the Velocity of Light
Minard

Data from Minard's famous graphic map of Napoleon's march on Moscow
Galton

Galton's data on the heights of parents and their children
Langren

van Langren's Data on Longitude Distance between Toledo and Rome
Macdonell

Macdonell's Data on Height and Finger Length of Criminals, used by Gosset (1908)
Guerry

Data from A.-M. Guerry, "Essay on the Moral Statistics of France"
HalleyLifeTable

Halley's Life Table
PearsonLee

Pearson and Lee's data on the heights of parents and children classified by gender
PolioTrials

Polio Field Trials Data
Nightingale

Florence Nightingale's data on deaths from various causes in the Crimean War
OldMaps

Latitudes and Longitudes of 39 Points in 11 Old Maps
SnowMap

Draw John Snow's Map of Cholera in London
Virginis

John F. W. Herschel's Data on the Orbit of the Twin Stars \(\gamma\) Virginis
ZeaMays

Darwin's Heights of Cross- and Self-fertilized Zea May Pairs
HistData-package

Data sets from the History of Statistics and Data Visualization
Jevons

W. Stanley Jevons' data on numerical discrimination
Quarrels

Statistics of Deadly Quarrels
Snow

John Snow's Map and Data on the 1854 London Cholera Outbreak
GaltonFamilies

Galton's data on the heights of parents and their children, by child
Prostitutes

Parent-Duchatelet's time-series data on the number of prostitutes in Paris
Pyx

Trial of the Pyx
Wheat

Playfair's Data on Wages and the Price of Wheat
Yeast

Student's (1906) Yeast Cell Counts